Hair-drier.



IVI. THOMPSON.

HAIR DRIER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.28, 191s.

1,28S 357, Patented 001;. 29, 1918.

IN vawwm MAY TWWMP$0M MAY 'rnomrson, or Los ANGELES, cnmro A HAIR-DRIER.

My object is to make an improved hair drier and my invention consists inthe novel features claimed.

Another object of this invention is to prm vide a hair drier which, whenin use, will protect the eyes and the face from the rays of the sunwhile the hair is being dried.

herein shown, described and Figure 1 is a perspective showing ahairdrier embodying the principles of my invenr tion in use.

Fig. 2 is a perspective of the hair drier.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

The inner section 1 is cut to the desired shape from buckram and ispreferably sized with water-proof material. The lower section 2 ispreferably green. thin porous muslin and the upper section 3 ispreferably white mosquito netting. A wire 4 extends all the way aroundthe edges of the section 1' and the edges of the lower and uppersections 2 and 3 are wrapped around the wire more or less. The framethus constructed has an inner edge 5, an outer edge 6, and meeting edges7 and 8. The inner edge 5 forms a substantially circular opening, saidopening being eccentric to the outer edge 6. The frame when not in useis adapted to lie flat and when in its flat position the edges 7 and 8are substantially sixty degrees apart and the lines are radial, so thatwhen the edges are drawn together the frame is dished or frusto-conical.

" When flat the frame is circular on its outer edge and the opening iscircular and eccentric to the outer edge. A piece of good mus. lin isfolded upon itself with its edges overlapping the edge 5, one edge ofthe muslin belng on top and the other edge beingunder and said edges aresecured to the edge 5 by stitching 9, thus producing a flexible annularloop 10 extending inwardly all the way around from the edge 5. Anelastic cord 11 is inserted through'the loop, the ends 12 and 13 of thecord extending from the/ends of the loop. A and 15 is secure their innerends and a similar pair of-tapes Specification of Letters Patent.

(pair of tapes or ribbons 1t to the edges 7 and 8 near.

Patienttid @ct. so, was.

Application filed march as, 1918. serial No. 225,332.

or ribbons 16 and 17 is secured to the edges 7 and 8 at their outerends. A binding 18 extends all the way around the edge Bend the edges 7and 8 to the ends of the loop 10, said binding covering the wire 4; andthe edges of the sections 1, 2 and 3. The section 1 of buckram providedwith the wire ed@ 4 makes a frame stifi' enough to support the hair, andthe sections 1, 2 and 3 are porous so as to.allow a circulation of airthrough the frame.

The haig drier thus constructed is placed around ahead above the earsand eyes with;

the hair extending upwardly through the opening 19 and surrounded y 10and the elastic cord 11.

loop The ends the flexible- '12 and 13 of the cord are drawn together astightly as desired and tied and then the tapes or ribbons 14, 15, 16 and17 are tied and the hair is spread out backwardly and rlaterally overthe frame.

tends outwardly from the head all the way around and holds the hair awayfrom the neck and shoulders. Air will circulate freely through thespread out hair and up-.

without my hair drier is .very trying on the eyes and on the skin,especially in the case of persons having skin sensitive to the sunlight.My hair drier will allow the hair to The frame exbe dried quickly, whileat the same time protecting the user from the sun. Thus I have produceda hair drier, the main frame of which is circular when fiat with acircular eccentric opening, and there being a slot from the centrafopening to the outer edge out on radial lines about sixty degreesapart.-

The device is in effect a sunshade or crownless .hat which protects theface and neck from the sun and at the same time exposes the hair to thesun and air.

In a companion application I have shown, described and claimed analternative construction.v

Various changes may be made in the deirit of my invention as claimed.

a1m: p 1. A hair drier comprising a stiff porous frame having a circularopening for a head,

a soft loop extending inwardly from the.

frame around said opening, and an elastic cord in the loop and havingends projecting fromthe loop.

2. A hair drier comprising a. section of buckram, a wire extending allthe way around the edgetof the section of buckram, binding securing theWire to the 'buokram; thus producing a frame having an opening for ahead; a soft annular loop extending from the frame around the opening,and an elastic cord in the loop.

3. A hair drier comprising a section of buckram, a Wire extending allthe Way around the edge of the section of buckram, binding securing thewire to the buckram, thus producing a frame havin an opening for a headand'separated on a line extending from the head opening to the outeredge, a

: soft annular loop extending from the frame around the opening from oneside of the line of separation to the other side, an elastic cord in theloop; the ends of the cord extending from the ends of the loop; and

tapes secured to the edges formed by the 5. In a hair drier, a frameadapted to lie flat and having a substantially circular outer edge and asubstantially circular opening; there being a slot extending from theopening to the outer edge of considerable width; and means for drawingthe edges formed by the slot together to dish. the frame,

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

AY THOMPSON.

